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90_HB3559
405 ILCS 30/4 from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 904
Amends the Community Services Act. Provides that the
annual appropriation to the Department of Human Services to
fund community services shall include an increase over the
appropriation for the previous fiscal year that reflects any
increase in the Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local
Government Purchases as determined by the United States
Department of Commerce for the 12-month calendar year
immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the increase
is to be applied. Limits the increase to appropriations for
the State fiscal years 2000 and 2001. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Community Services Act by changing
2 Section 4.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Community Services Act is amended by
6 changing Section 4 as follows:
7 (405 ILCS 30/4) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 904)
8 Sec. 4. Financing for Community Services. The Department
9 of Human Services is authorized to provide financial
10 assistance to eligible private service providers,
11 corporations, local government entities or voluntary
12 associations for the provision of services to persons with
13 mental illness, persons with a developmental disability and
14 alcohol and drug dependent persons living in the community
15 for the purpose of achieving the goals of this Act.
16 The Department shall utilize the following funding
17 mechanisms for community services:
18 (1) Purchase of Care Contracts: services purchased
19 on a predetermined fee per unit of service basis from
20 private providers or governmental entities. Fee per
21 service rates are set by an established formula which
22 covers some portion of personnel, supplies, and other
23 allowable costs, and which makes some allowance for
24 geographic variations in costs as well as for additional
25 program components.
26 (2) Grants: sums of money which the Department
27 grants to private providers or governmental entities
28 pursuant to the grant recipient's agreement to provide
29 certain services, as defined by departmental grant
30 guidelines, to an approximate number of service
31 recipients. Grant levels are set through consideration of
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1 personnel, supply and other allowable costs, as well as
2 other funds available to the program.
3 (3) Other Funding Arrangements: funding mechanisms
4 may be established on a pilot basis in order to examine
5 the feasibility of alternative financing arrangements for
6 the provision of community services.
7 The Department shall strive to establish and maintain an
8 equitable system of payment which encourages providers to
9 improve their clients' capabilities for independence and
10 reduces their reliance on community or State-operated
11 services. The annual appropriation to the Department of Human
12 Services to fund community services shall include an increase
13 over the appropriation for the previous fiscal year that
14 reflects any increase in the Implicit Price Deflator for
15 State and Local Government Purchases as determined by the
16 United States Department of Commerce for the 12-month
17 calendar year immediately preceding the fiscal year in which
18 the increase is to be applied. The increase shall be applied
19 to appropriations beginning July 1, 1999 and shall be limited
20 to appropriations for the State fiscal years 2000 and 2001.
21 In accepting Department funds, providers shall recognize
22 their responsibility to be accountable to the Department and
23 the State for the delivery of services which are consistent
24 with the philosophies and goals of this Act and the rules and
25 regulations promulgated under it.
26 (Source: P.A. 88-380; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
27 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
28 becoming law.